Chapter 3

After breakfast Hermione wanted to go straight out to the lake and the boys decided to go get Ron's chess board before they went out too. It was a great sunny day and everyone wanted to relax in the lawns.

"Ron could you grab me my sun screen while you're up there?" asked Hermione

"But it'll be in your dorm, I can't get in, plus I don't want to," Said Ron

"Use your broomstick doofus," Said Hermione simply and then walked off towards the lake with Ginny.

"Are you sure the potion takes 8 hours to effect someone?" Questioned Ron sarcastically, getting up.

They walked of together towards the Gryffindor tower walking behind Lavender and Katie going in the same direction. They were excited like girls are when there is a good opportunity for a tan after months of cold. He tried to control his teenage hormones as he saw the girls were wearing very short shorts and he was walking right behind them. 'Remember Hermione' he thought, immediately he felt normal and didn't give a damn about those other girls and there model bodies. He looked over at Harry but the raven haired boy was in thought and Ron assumed it was something to do with Sirius.

When they arrived to the common room it was nearly empty. They went up to the 6th year boys dorms to get what they needed.

"Meet you in the common room I'll go get Hermione's stuff" He said picking up his broomstick

He flew up to the 6th year girls dorms. It was surprising how easy it was it get up there, not that he ever wanted to of course. It was easy to pick out Hermione's room as it was the neatest. Ron walked over to the draw, grabbed the sunscreen and was about to leave when he saw a letter badly hidden in a half open trunk. He made out the words 'Victor Krum' and his blood boiled.

"That prick's writing to her," Ron said to himself.

He snatched out the letter, it read:

Dear Hermione Beloved

You are always on my mind. It is very cold here but I feel warm when I think of you. I know I haven't said this before but I like you more than just friends. I know that you share the same feeling and I was hoping you would visit Bulgaria.

Love Victor

The letter was dated a week ago, 'she bored my owl and few days ago' he remembered.

Initially he felt angry, really angry, but then he controlled himself and cooled down a bit. Anger turned to grief as he realised that he had lost Hermione and she could never be his. 'Forget it she's a smart sophisticated girl and I'm… I'm just me'.

He moved away from the letter devastated and dragged himself down to the common room. Harry wasn't there though so Ron decided to go up and check the boy's dorms. Oddly enough Harry sat on the bed looking nervous.

"What's up Harry?" Asked Ron curious

"Mate, I wanted to say something to you," Harry replied

"You're coming out of the closet?" Ron said this as a joke at first then he started worrying about this whole situation

"Ron it's about Ginny," Harry continued "Would you really want Dean or Seamus to go out with Ginny? I know you're protective but she'll eventually have a boyfriend and that should be someone who'll not leave her or hurt her."

"What are you getting at," responded Ron thinking this was quite true.

"I like Ginny, Ron, I promise I'll treat her well," Harry was looking at his hands.

Ron thought about this sudden statement. He thought of Hermione and how he had lost her to a self-obsessed jerk and then to Ginny. Harry was someone he could trust with his sister.

Finally he spoke "Just don't snog in front of me," he warned, Harry was surprised as he thought that Ron would've punched him.

Harry jumped up and whooped and Ron's heart lightened at this decision being made. His sister was safe from people like Dean and Seamus, Harry and he were going to be brothers, it was a sunny day 'who needs Hermione, there's plenty of fish in the sea' he thought

How terribly wrong he was.

Hermione's POV

Hermione was staring at a book, the words slipping from her mind. She was thinking about that accursed letter and Ron. She had so stupidly told Ron to go to her dormitory and get her sunscreen.

'Ron won't see it' she assured herself. She put then put that out of her mind for a few seconds and thought of Victor. 'Bloody stalker won't leave me alone'; I haven't said this before, my foot. How many times she told him that they were just friends.

Then she saw Ron and Harry coming to sit beside her and Ginny. She thought of how much she liked Ron and from his face he didn't look angry. She calmed and took this opportunity to look at Ron as he got closer. What would her parents say she thought, come to think of pig hadn't returned with a reply from her parents yet. Bloody owl.